That trait, which makes a coffee lid or a fishing float so useful, also turns plastic into a long-term guest in places it was never invited. Unrecovered fragments collect across ecosystems, and they ...
Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), working with collaborators, report a new biomaterial that gets stronger when exposed to water rather than breaking down. The ...
That trait, which makes a coffee lid or a fishing float so useful, also turns plastic into a long-term guest in places it was never invited. Unrecovered fragments collect across ecosystems, and they ...